John Kerry: Shredding His "Moderate" Side.

The George Washington University Hatchet ^ | April 5, 2004 | Gary J. Livacari

[GaryL]

Its official: John F. Kerry is an unabashed liberal. Of course, we conservatives knew it all along. During Thursday’s anti-Bush, leftist love fest, led by the still enraged – and deranged – Howard Dean, Sen. Kerry finally shed his “centrist,” “anti-Dean” façade and proudly revealed himself as the radical, ultra-liberal he really is. Sen. Kerry has effectively masked his staunch liberalism for months now, running a successful primary campaign as the supposedly mainstream Democratic alternative to Gov. Howard Dean. Yet, with the endorsement by Dean, a man who is perhaps the biggest loser in American political primary history, Sen. Kerry is no longer even trying to hide the liberal skeletons in his closet. Apparently, he and Howard Dean have agreed on everything all along and to reference Kerry’s own words – “you have to look long and hard for the differences [between him and Dean].” As if the botched “foreign leaders” comment was not harmful enough, Kerry now openly supports the failed and overwhelmingly rejected Dean ideology.

The Dean endorsement should be seen as just the latest round of bad news for Sen. Kerry’s already faltering campaign. This time no ski trip will be able to obscure the harsh reality that Kerry is not only a liberal, but, worse, a devoted Dean leftist. We now know exactly what to expect from a potential Kerry presidency and, quite frankly, America cannot afford it.

The mere presence of Dean is a grim reminder that a Kerry presidency would only mean a rebirth of the tried and failed Clintonian policies, which severely weakened America’s national defense capabilities and created an economic recession. Kerry is just the latest in a long line of Vietnam era, “blame America first,” liberal politicians who would willingly sacrifice the sovereignty of American foreign policy – our very national security - to the whims of a historically ineffective and blindly anti-American international body. Mr. Kerry would much rather “play nice” with fanatical Islamic terrorists, countering them with indictments and other futile multilateral forces. But we saw these policies at work during the disastrous Clinton years, while terrorists attacked America time and again without consequence. Liberals had their chance to defend America and they failed miserably. We can now safely say that “feel good” liberalism has no place in the War on Terror; the stakes are just too high. We need conservatives like President Bush who will do “whatever it takes” to prevent the next 9/11, even if it means (God forbid!) France and Germany are mad at us.

Dean’s ideology is not only too outrageous for mainstream Americans, but also mainstream Democrats, who soundly defeated him in the recent primary. No wonder, then, GWU was chosen for the Dean endorsement rally. Only with an impressionable, progressive and rebellious college audience, can Dean still get a meaningful reception. However, by siding with Howard Dean, Mr. Kerry has done irreparable damage to his campaign, for he has alienated the moderates and independents who will surely decide the upcoming election. Maybe it won’t be so close in November after all.

The author is a freshman majoring in political science.

[GaryL]

This is the first activation of the "Gary J. Livacari" ping list!

As you'll remember, my son Gary is a conservative political commentator for the liberal George Washington University Hatchet. The published version of this column was cut significantly and was part of a liberal/conservative forum in the school newspaper debating the Howard Dean endorsement of John Kerry. I've posted here the uncut version. It's a little dated, but blame the inefficient editors for that!

Please circulate the article to anyone you know who would enjoy reading the opinions of a young conservative college writer. Thanks again for your support!

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[GaryL]

"Gary J. Livacari" ping list

[cmsgop]

Dude!, Thats Your Son? Put me on that Damm List!

[nothingnew]

Good stuff GL. Bump to it.

FMCDH

[TaxRelief]

I had not realized that he was a freshman. Good job. Did he attend any Leadership Institute camps?

[PhiKapMom]

Please put me on your list! I will share the articles with my daughter who is Journalism and just starting out. She will be on the paper next Fall. Another Conservative writer. J.C. Watts told her at the Tom Cole watch party that we have too many lawyers and doctors and need more conservative journalist and teachers. Of course, J.C. was a journalism major himself.

[jocon307]

I echo the other poster, dude, put me on your list!

I especially liked this line: Dean, a man who is perhaps the biggest loser in American political primary history...

LOL, he may well be, YYYEEEEAAARRRGGGHHH! or whatever!

But seriously, my daughter will be attending George Mason next year, so I guess she is just one year behind your son. She's a pretty staunch conservative herself, but rather a bit of a party girl, and I don't mean GOP when I say party. I've made her swear she will join the young pubbies chapter.

So, put me on the list, and we'll strive to keep each other informed. Hey! at least we've got two votes for Bush between our two kids!

[arasina]

Great read! Thanks for the ping!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I liked that line too..

[cwb]

Bravo...to a son, well done. I must also add that with Ted Kennedy running point, can there be any doubt of Kerry's liberal credentials...especially after his most recent diatribe. I really find it amazing, that a man who has got to move to the center, still has this bloated bovine speaking on his behalf.

[I_be_tc]

Ping, please. Thanks!

TC

[GaryL]

Hi TaxRelief:
No, he hasn't attended any Leadership institutes. He just has a well developed political mind and a talant for writing (again, I'm sort of prejudiced!). He's attended the last two CPAC conventions and he constantly reads conservative books. And I guess I've rubbed off on him a little bit, too.
Gary

[GaryL]

Maybe we can hook up these two conservative writers! They'll only be a short distance from each other.

The first thing he did when he got to George Washington U. was to join the Rupublican Club. And then he volunteered to be a conservative political columnist for the school paper (at a liberal shool like GWU, there really aren't many conservatives around). The editor like his wirting and he's been at it ever since. This is probably his 16th column or so. It's been a great experience for him.

Please keep in touch. I've added you to the ping list. Hope your daughter gets to take classes from Walter Williams. We also considered George Mason.
Gary

[GaryL]

Thanks for the kind words. Good luck to your daughter. Where is she going to school?
Gary

[jocon307]

Parental dreams bump!

I think she'll love it down there in DC land, and I certainly hope our two are on the next wave of conservatives to take this nation both backwards and forewards to where it needs to be.

You gotta hope for your kids, cause your kids are your hope.

[rockrr]

“you have to look long and hard for the differences [between him and Dean].”

This must be excruciating for the Deaniac toilet-drinkers who now have to settle for "Dean-lite" (poor babies ;'}

[F.J. Mitchell]

Me too and a big Bump!

[Democratshavenobrains]

Did anyone actually think that Kerry would distance himself from Dean's rhetoric? Never. Its what gets the base riled up. "Remember Florida" "Bush is a Nazi" "Al Gore is the real President" etc

[F.J. Mitchell]

Actuall I thought he knew that an admitted liberal is un-electable and would go on pretending until after the election. All the liberal's fired up base can accomplish by it's self is to keep America laughing.